Installation guide

1-12 BEA Products Installation Guide
Development and production licenses for pre-9.2 versions of WebLogic Server do not work with
WebLogic Server 9.2; any such license must be upgraded to 9.2. Procedures for upgrading a
license file and installing permanent licenses are provided in “Upgrading Licenses from Previous
Software Releases” on page 6-6.
Selecting Directories for Your Installation
During the installation process, you need to specify locations for the following directories:
z BEA Home directory
z Product installation directory
Choosing a BEA Home Directory
When you install your BEA software, you are prompted to specify a BEA Home directory. This
directory serves as a repository for common files that are used by multiple BEA products installed
on the same machine. For this reason, the BEA Home directory can be considered a central
support directory for all the BEA products installed on your system.
The files in the BEA Home directory are essential to ensuring that BEA software operates
correctly on your system. They perform the following types of functions:
z Ensure that licensing works correctly for the installed BEA products
z Facilitate checking of cross-product dependencies during installation
z Facilitate Service Pack installation
The following illustration shows the structure of a sample BEA Home directory, on a Windows
platform, which includes both the Sun and BEA JRockit JDKs.